Saudi crown prince's visit to Morocco, a backing to bilateral cooperation

Prince Abdallah Bin Abdel Aziz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and vice-president of the ministers' council, is expected in Morocco on Wednesday, part of a tour in seven African, Arab and European countries.

This visit is a backing to the close cooperation relations existing between the two countries, and illustrates the friendship and brotherhood ties binding the two countries' leaders, Saudi ambassador to Morocco, Abdelaziz Mouhieddine Khoja told reporters in Rabat.

During the visit, Prince Abdallah will confer with King Hassan II on various issues of common concern and on the situation in the Arab and Islamic world in a bid to unify Arab and Islamic ranks and take up the challenges, the diplomat said.

After his visit to South Africa and Italy, the Saudi crown prince will visit Morocco and later on Libya, Egypt, Syria and Jordan.

Prince Abdallah's talks during the tour will focus on the Middle East peace process in light of the Israeli elections that brought to power the leader of the labor party Ehud Barak, the situation in Iraq and Kosovo, in addition to Saudi Arabia's relations with the visited countries.